The Secret of the Cross a Plea for a Re Presentation of Christianity
The Secret of the Cross a Plea for a Re Presentation of Christianity
Holmes Edmond
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To these he will commit his message to man ; and, as evidence of their hav- ing received a divine commission, he will give his prophets the power of reversing, suspend- ing, and otherwise upsetting the laws of nature. But here a practical difficulty arises. Belief in the miraculous is common to nearly all creeds. So is belief in a divine commission. 60 THE SECRET OF THE CROSS Whatever may be the creed that he professes, the sincere believer is firmly convinced that his God is the true God and t...hat the truth about God and man and nature has been revealed to the religious community to which he hap- pens to belong. To those who profess other religions he says in his heart: **My God is the true God. Your gods are false gods. God is on my side, not on yours. "^ Even within the limits of Christendom each of the different religious bodies lays claim to the special favor of the Christian God. As for the ^'heathen'' — the three-fourths of the human race who are non-Christian — they know not God.
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